خلیفہ

See also: خليفة, خلیفه, and جلیقه

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian خلیفه (xalifa), from Arabic خَلِيفَة (ḵalīfa).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /xə.liː.fɑ(ː)/

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• Hyphenation: خَ‧لِی‧فَہ

Noun

خَلِیفَہ • (xalīfa) m (formal plural خُلَفا (xulafā), Hindi spelling ख़लीफ़ा)

1. caliph
2. successor
3. (wrestling) the most gifted wrestler (after the teacher)
4. (archaic) a Muslim cook, tailor, barber etc.

Descendants

• → Telugu: ఖలీఫా (khalīphā)

References

• “خلیفہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “خلیفہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “خليفہ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.